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Art: Graphic Design (BA/BS)

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (ba)

credit hours (bS)

Developing A Christian Mind
DCM 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

3

English

12

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

and/or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

3

Foreign Language
*Six hours at the 2000 level if adequate requisites are met

14*

0

Foundations for Excellence

1

1

FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence

is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours.

(AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.)

History

6

6

Choose two:

HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865

HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865

HIST 2301 - World Civilization I

HIST 2302 - World Civilization II

Kinesiology

2

2

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived

Mathematics

3

3

(BA)

Choose one:

MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I


(BS)

Choose one:

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

4

15

One laboratory science (BA)

or

15 credit hours of laboratory science (BS)

selected from two or more areas of Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics

Religion

9

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and

three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment

Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

6

6

POLS 2301 - American National Government

and

PSYC 1301 - General Psychology

or

SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology

TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS

63

57

Art: Graphic Design Major 

45

45

Complete the following 16 courses for 45 semester hours:

ART 1301 - Design I

ART 1303 - Drawing I

ART 2050 - Sophomore Portfolio Review

ART 2303 - Drawing II

ART 2314 - Photography I

ART 3318 - Web Design

ART 3319 - Visual Communication

ART 3321 - Graphic Design I

ART 3322 - Graphic Design II

ART 3325 - Lettering and Typography

ART 4300 - Portfolio Research

ART 4301 - Internship in Art (S-L)

ART 4318 - History of Graphic Design I

ART 4321 - Advertising Design (S-L)

ART 4338 - History of Graphic Design II

COMA 3304 - Writing Across Media

Complete the following allied courses for

6 credit hours:

6

6

MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing (required)

PSYC 4303 - Social Psychology (required)

Specialization Electives:

6

6

Complete at least 6 additional upper-level credit hours of courses in ART:

ART 3303 - Drawing III (Requisite ART 2303)

ART 3305 - Art History I

ART 3306 - Art History II

ART 3310 - Painting II (Requisite ART 2310)

ART 3314 - Photography II (Requisite ART 2314)

ART 3341 - Photography Process and Practice (Requisite: ART 3314)

ART 4327 - Color and Composition

ART 4328 - Illustration I

ART 4329 - Illustration II

ART 4341 - Business of Photography

Electives 

Upper-Level

0

0

Lower or Upper-Level

0

6

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor’s degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University. DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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